Benajah Gray Log House

The Benajah Gray Log House is a historic loghouse in Antioch, Tennessee, United States.

Gray, Benajah, Log House
The house in 2014
Benajah Gray Log House is located in Tennessee
Benajah Gray Log House
Nearest cityCane Ridge, Tennessee
Coordinates35°59′36″N 86°37′31″W / 35.99333°N 86.62528°W / 35.99333; -86.62528
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Built1805 (1805)
Built byGray, Benajah
Architectural styleDouble pen log
NRHP reference No.85001512[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 1985

History

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The land was granted to Lardner Clark in 1784.[2] In the early 1800s Benajay Gray, the son of American Revolutionary War veteran James Gray, purchased some acres of land.[2] He proceeded to build the log house by 1805.[2] By the 1870s, it had become a horsebreeding farm.[2] It was subsequently inherited by his descendants,[2] and in the 1980s it belonged to Gray's great-great-granddaughter, Ernestine Huffman.[2]

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 11, 1985.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Benajah Gray Log House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Gray, Benajah, Log House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.